Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal

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court court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal is the country’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, overseeing the uniform application of law and serving as the final court of appeal within the Portuguese judiciary.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appliesTo	civil law matters ⓘ criminal law matters ⓘ
belongsToSystem	Portuguese judicial system ⓘ surface form: Portuguese ordinary courts system
branchOf	judicial branch of Portugal ⓘ
buildingLocation	Praça do Município, Lisbon ⓘ surface form: Largo do Limoeiro, Lisbon
category	Courts in Portugal ⓘ Supreme courts by country ⓘ
constitutionalReviewBy	Constitutional Court ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal
country	Portugal ⓘ
decides	cases in final instance except constitutional matters ⓘ
decidesInPanels	collegial panels of judges ⓘ
decisionsBindingOn	lower ordinary courts in Portugal ⓘ
excludesJurisdictionOver	constitutional review ⓘ
function	ensure consistency of judicial decisions ⓘ standardize case law interpretation ⓘ
governedBy	Portuguese procedural law ⓘ
handles	extraordinary appeals for harmonization of jurisprudence ⓘ recursos de revista (appeals on points of law) ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	appeals on points of law ⓘ extraordinary appeals ⓘ
hasLevel	top tier of ordinary courts in Portugal ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
hasScope	national ⓘ
hasTypeOfJudge	justices of the Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ
headedBy	President of the Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ
jurisdiction	Portugal ⓘ
legalBasis	1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Portuguese Republic
legalSystem	civil law ⓘ
locatedIn	Lisbon ⓘ Portugal ⓘ
nativeName	Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ surface form: Supremo Tribunal de Justiça
oversees	lower civil courts in Portugal ⓘ lower criminal courts in Portugal ⓘ
partOf	Portuguese judicial system ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Portugal
role	ensures uniform application of the law ⓘ final court of appeal in Portugal ⓘ highest court for civil matters in Portugal ⓘ highest court for criminal matters in Portugal ⓘ
separateFrom	Constitutional Court ⓘ surface form: Constitutional Court of Portugal
shortName	STJ ⓘ
subjectTo	1976 Portuguese Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Portugal
subordinateTo	no higher ordinary court in Portugal ⓘ
typeOfAppeal	appeal on matters of law only ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Third Republic → judicialBranch → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal ⓘ

Portuguese state → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal ⓘ